Whoopi Goldberg recently expressed that despite her success, she felt unable to afford retirement due to ongoing financial pressures—a sentiment she said resonated with many working Americans. As a celebrity who earned between $5 million and $6 million in 2016, her comment sparked controversy.

While featuring on ABC’s talk show The View on Tuesday (November 12), Whoopi said: “I appreciate that people are having a hard time, me, too — I work for a living.

“If I had all the money in the world, I would not be here, OK? So, I’m a working person, you know?

“My kid has to feed her family. My great-granddaughter has to be fed by her family. I know it’s hard out there.”

Whoopi Goldberg recently expressed that despite her success, she felt unable to afford retirement due to ongoing financial pressures

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Her statement left many people divided as a Facebook user commented: “Yeahhhhhh, nooooooooo Whoopi just no. Let me go get the world’s tiniest violin for her.”

A person wrote: “Remember when she told Millennials and Gen Z that we can’t afford homes because we aren’t working hard enough? Maybe she should work harder.”

Someone else penned: “Just because someone is rich, doesn’t mean they don’t have financial problems.”

It was a sentiment she said resonated with many working Americans

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“Just like the average American they live beyond their means. She has a mortgage and she has car payments. 

“She has insurance to pay. She has families that need assistance. She can just afford to give a little bit more.”

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A netizen shared: “I heard some other countries have great exchange rates. Maybe she should move and try it out.”

“As far as an actor goes she’s ok,” a commentator added. “But her personality and political views are toxic. I’m sure she is having a hard time affording groceries in Manhattan. But really she should just go live at her other house in Sardinia.”

A viewer noted: “I love Whoopi Goldberg. She is a philanthropist and supports many, many good causes.” 

As a celebrity who earned between $5 million and $6 million in 2016, her comment sparked controversy

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“No one can change my mind about her. Yes, she is a millionaire; but she uses her money for good.”

An additional observer stated: “I work for a living too, but I don’t make millions of dollars a year. We don’t live in the same world, Whoop.”

A separate individual chimed in: “Lol says the millionaire..well congrats the right person was voted in to fix all that.”

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While Whoopi’s current salary as a panelist for The View isn’t publicly known, Variety reported back in 2016 that her contract was estimated to be “in the $5 to $6 million range.”

Moreover, according to Celebrity Net Worth, the Sister Act star’s net worth is estimated to be $30 million.

Whoopi’s former co-host, Meghan McCain, said back in April that there was a disconnect between The View’s panelists and the general public who were watching at home, Buzzfeed reported on Wednesday (November 13).

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She said on her Citizen McCain podcast: “I had an experience while I was working at ABC News [on The View]. I was in a particularly heated Hot Topics meeting.

“I remember yelling at the meeting that: ‘Some of you, or all of you, are going to have to start interacting with people who don’t make $100,000 a year or more.’

“‘You have to interact with someone who makes minimum wage, on some level or another.’”

Whoopi’s statement continued to ignite heated debates

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